This table shows the percent of students scoring at the proficient level on state math assessments compared to the percent basic on NAEP-math (Middle School Math 2005).

How to read this table:In 2005, 63 percent of Alabama students scored proficient on the middle school math assessment. That same year, 53 percent of Alabama eighth-graders scored at or above basic on NAEP-math. The difference between students precent proficient on the state assessment and students basic on the NAEP-reading was 10 percentage points.